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3. Appendices - General

3.1. Project team and Working Group representation

Introduction

The project has used project teams and working groups to assist in selecting and developing thesauri. These groups are composed as shown below.

Project Manager

Wayne Pincott, Compos Mentis Systems

Principal Consultant

Trish O'Kane, SWIM Ltd (Project Consultant)

Functions Thesaurus Core Group

Trish O'Kane, E-Government Thesaurus Project

Pleasance Purser, Parliamentary Library

Beryl Anderson, Statistics New Zealand

Deirdre Wogan, independent contractor

Functions Thesaurus Working Group

Core Group + Project Manager

Kay Coolbear, Wellington City Council

Ross Bell, New Zealand Citizens Advice Bureaux

Tony Rogers, North Shore City Council

Neil Sanson, Department of Child Youth and Family

Malcolm Harrison, Department of Conservation

Doug Mercer, E-Government Portal Project

Dougal McKechnie, Department for Courts

Lynn Williams, Ministry of Social Policy

Julia Kennedy, Parliamentary Counsel Office

Subject Thesaurus Project Team

Pleasance Purser, Parliamentary Library

Tracy Powell, National Library

Jennifer Geard, Land Transport Safety Authority

Subject Thesaurus Working Group

Debbie Burgoyne, Ministry of Education

Judith Harris, New Zealand Fire Service

Linda Campbell, Environmental Risk Management Authority

Doug Mercer, E-Government Portal Project

Trish O'Kane, E-Government Thesaurus Project

Olwyn Crutchley, Department of Conservation

Wayne Pincott, E-Government Thesaurus Project

Steven Lulich, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Special Interest Group Coordinator for LIANZA (Library and Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa)

Tracy Powell, National Library

Trish Wilson, The Treasury

3.2. Organisations consulted

Introduction

In addition to organisations represented on the project teams and working groups, a number of organisations have been involved on a correspondence basis. Project team and working group members have also made presentations to several groups. In addition, project participants have been encouraged to seek feedback from professional associations they belong to. The list below names those organisations involved in one of the above ways (where known).

The project's international contacts are not included, but are available on request.

  • 202/20 Trust

  • ACC

  • ALGIM (Association of Local Government Information Managers)

  • Archives New Zealand

  • ARMA (Association of Records Managers and Archivists)

  • Child Youth and Family Services

  • Christchurch City Council

  • Department of Labour: Identity Services

  • Education Librarians Group

  • Environment Waikato

  • Industrial Research Ltd

  • Inland Revenue Department

  • Land Information New Zealand

  • Law Librarians Group

  • LGOL (Local Government Online)

  • LIANZA (Library and Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa)

  • Ministry for Emergency Management

  • Ministry for Environment

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Ministry of Health

  • Ministry of Housing

  • Ministry of Youth Affairs

  • NZ Council for Education Research

  • NZ Defence Force

  • Office of the Auditor General

  • Office of the Clerk

  • Reserve Bank

  • Science Librarians Group

  • State Services Commission

  • Tasman District Council

  • Te Puni Kokiri

  • Trade New Zealand

  • University of Otago Medical Library

  • University of Waikato

  • Victoria University

  • Wellington Regional Council

3.3. List of Resources

Introduction

The following is a list documenting some of the sources used in constructing the Functions Thesaurus. It is not comprehensive.

Resource

International lists of terms:

  • United Kingdom Policy List Catalogue

  • United Nations COFOG - Classification of Functions of Government

  • AGIFT - Australian Government Interactive Functions Thesaurus

  • Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Sources of information about New Zealand government activities:

  • Sector representative interviews

  • Post-election Briefings to Ministers

  • Directory of Official Information

  • Purchase Agreements

  • Government websites

  • Legislation (esp. Enabling legislation)

  • Statements of Intent

  • SSC (various resources)

  • District Council plans

Existing New Zealand lists of terms:

  • Citizens Advice Bureaux of NZ - Category System for enquiries, and 1999/200 statistics of enquiries by category

  • Department of Child Youth and Family - Draft CYF Function Thesaurus

  • North Shore City Council - Subject listing for document management system

  • Wellington City Council - Subject Categories for Files

  • Local government activity analysis (supplied by councils)

Methodology resources:

  • Thesaurus Construction A Practical Manual, Jean Aitchison & Alan Gilchrist, Aslib Second Edition 1987

  • Zthes: a Z39.50 Profile for Thesaurus Navigation, Mike Taylor 15th November 2000, Version 0.4, http://www.loc.gov /z3950/agency/profile /zthes-04.html

  • International Standard ISO 2788 Documentation - Guidelines for the establishment and development of monolingual thesauri, Second Edition - 1986-11-15

3.4. Methodologies

The project methodologies are set out in two papers, earlier versions of which were supplied as briefing papers to project participants. These have not been included here for reasons of brevity, but are available from the project office upon request. The document titles are:

Project methodology papers

Sub-project

Title

Function

Framework For Development of a Function-Based Thesaurus for NZGLS

Subject

Briefing document On Selection/Approval of Subject-Based thesauri for NZGLS

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